Marriage Act 1949
Marriage Act 1949 (1949 c. 76)
- Marriage Act 1949 (1949 c. 76)
- Part I Restrictions on Marriage
- 1 Marriages within prohibited degrees.
- 2 Marriages of persons under eighteen.
- 2A Marriages of whole life prisoners
- 3 Marriages of persons under twenty-one.
- 4 Hours for solemnization of marriages.
- Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England
- Preliminary
- 5 Methods of authorising marriages.
- 5A Marriages between certain persons related by affinity.
- 5B Marriages involving person of acquired gender
- Marriage by banns
- 6 Place of publication of banns.
- 7 Time and manner of publication of banns.
- 8 Notice to clergyman before publication of banns.
- 9 Persons by whom banns may be published.
- 10 Publication of banns commenced in one church and completed in another.
- 11 Certificates of publication of banns.
- 12 Solemnization of marriage after publication of banns.
- 13 Publication of banns in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland.
- 14 Publication of banns on board His Majesty’s ships.
- Marriage by Common Licence
- 15 Places in which marriages may be solemnized by common licence.
- 16 Provisions as to common licences.
- Marriage under marriage schedule
- 17 Marriage under marriage schedule.
- Publication of banns and solemnization of marriages during disuse of churches
- 18 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriages during repair and rebuilding of churches.
- 19 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriage where church injured by war damage.
- Licensing of chapels for publication of banns and solemnization of marriages
- 20 Licensing of chapels for publication of banns and solemnization of marriages for persons residing in specified district.
- 21 Authorising of publication of banns and solemnization of marriages in churches and chapels of extra-parochial places.
- Issue of marriage document after publication of banns or the grant of a special or common licence
- 21A Issue of marriage document after publication of banns or the grant of a special or common licence
- Miscellaneous Provisions
- 22 Witnesses.
- 23 Benefices held in plurality.
- 24 Proof of residence not necessary to validity of marriage by banns or common licence.
- 25 Void marriages.
- Part III Marriage under marriage schedule
- Issue of a marriage schedule
- 26 Marriage of a man and a woman; marriage of same sex couples for which no opt-in necessary
- 26A Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: places of worship
- 26B Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: other religious ceremonies
- 27 Notice of marriage.
- 27ZA Circumstances in which a notice of marriage is not to be recorded in the marriage register
- 27A Additional information required in certain cases.
- 27B Provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages.
- 27C Provisions relating to section 1(5) marriages.
- 27D Additional information required for certain marriages of same sex couples
- 27E Additional information if party not relevant national
- 28 Declaration to accompany notice of marriage.
- 28A Power to require evidence of consent to marriages of same sex couples
- 28B Provision of evidence
- 28C Additional evidence if party not relevant national
- 28D Change of usual address or UK contact address
- 28E Rejection of false information or evidence
- 28F Amendment of notice and evidence provisions
- 28G Specified evidence
- 28H Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary of State
- 29 Caveat against issue of marriage schedule.
- 30 Forbidding of issue of marriage schedule.
- 31 Marriage under marriage schedule.
- 31ZA Notice of marriage: false information or evidence
- 31A Appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA.
- 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 33 Period of validity of marriage schedule.
- 34 Marriages normally to be solemnized in registration district in which one party resides.
- 35 Marriages in registration district in which neither party resides.
- 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 37 One party resident in Scotland.
- 38 One party resident in Northern Ireland.
- 39 Issue of certificates on board His Majesty’s ships.
- 39A Marriage of former civil partners one of whom has changed sex
- 40 Forms of certificates to be furnished by Registrar General.
- Marriages in registered buildings
- 41 Registration of buildings : marriage of a man and a woman.
- 42 Cancellation of registration under section 41: building no longer used
- 43 Buildings registered under section 41: appointment of authorised persons
- 43A Registration of buildings: marriage of same sex couples
- 43B Buildings registered under section 43A: appointment of authorised persons
- 43C Cancellation of registration under section 43A
- 43D Regulations about sections 41 and 43 and 43A to 43C
- 44 Solemnization of marriage in registered building.
- Registration of shared buildings for marriage of same sex couples
- 44A Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: registration
- 44B Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: cancellation
- 44C Other shared places of worship: registration and cancellation
- 44D Sections 44A to 44C: supplementary provision
- Marriages in register offices
- 45 Solemnization of marriage in register office.
- 45A Solemnization of certain marriages.
- 46 Register office marriage followed by religious ceremony.
- Marriages on approved premises
- 46A Approval of premises.
- 46B Solemnization of marriage on approved premises.
- Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends
- 47 Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends.
- Miscellaneous Provisions
- 48 Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages.
- 49 Void marriages.
- 49A Void marriages: additional provision about same sex couples
- 50 Person to whom marriage schedule to be delivered.
- 51 Fees of superintendent registrars for attending marriages in approved premises
- 52 Provision for marriages in Welsh language.
- Part IV Registration of Marriages
- 53 Persons by whom marriages are to be registered.
- 53A Register of marriages
- 53B Signing of a marriage document
- 53C Signing of a marriage schedule
- 53D Registration of marriage
- 53E Registration of marriage where documentation lost or destroyed
- 54 Provision of marriage register books by Registrar General.
- 55 Manner of registration of marriages.
- 56 Power to ask for particulars of marriage.
- 57 Quarterly returns to be made to superintendent registrar.
- 58 Quarterly returns to be made by superintendent registrar to Registrar General.
- 59 Custody of register books.
- 60 Filled register books.
- 61 Correction of errors in register book.
- 62 Disposal of register books on church ceasing to be used for solemnization of marriages.
- 63 Searches in register books.
- 64 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars.
- 65 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General.
- 65A Searches and records of information: additional provision
- 66 Sending documents by post.
- 67 Interpretation of Part IV.
- Part V Marriages in Naval, Military, and Air Force Chapels
- 68 Solemnization of marriages in naval, military, and air force chapels.
- 69 Licensing of chapels for marriages according to rites of Church of England.
- 70 Registration of chapels for marriages otherwise than according to rites of Church of England.
- 70A Registration of chapels for marriages of same sex couples otherwise than according to rites of Church of England
- 71 Evidence of marriages under Part V.
- Part VI General
- 71A Fees
- 72 Supplementary provisions as to marriages in usual places of worship.
- 73 Lists of licensed chapels and registered buildings.
- 74 Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.
- 75 Offences relating to solemnization of marriages.
- 76 Offences relating to registration of marriages.
- 76A Offence of failing to attend premises in compliance with a section 53D(8) or section 53E(10) notice
- 77 Offences by authorised persons.
- 78 Interpretation.
- 79 Repeals and savings.
- 80 Short title, extent and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Kindred and affinity
- Part 1 Prohibited degrees: kindred
- Part 2 Degrees of affinity referred to in section 1(2) and (3)
- SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H
- Introduction
- No marriage schedule to be issued until decision about investigation etc
- Marriage to be investigated: extension of waiting period to 70 days
- Effect of reducing statutory period
- FOURTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which are excluded or modified in their application to Naval, Military and Air Force Chapels
- Part I Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England
- Part II Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England
- Part III Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England
- Part IV Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England
- FIFTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed
- Acts of Parliament repealed
- SIXTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which do not extend to Wales
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